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CrossFit: five lockdown workouts with Hong Kong coach Michelle O’Brien
- The CrossFit Asphodel Keep Kids Moving coach shares some WODs you can do at home or outside
- O’Brien stresses it’s important not to neglect regular exercise during another lockdown
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As Hong Kong goes into lockdown once again to combat the city’s third wave of the coronavirus, citizens find themselves without gyms to work out in.
Michelle O’Brien, who coaches children via CrossFit Asphodel’s Keep Moving Kids programme out of Kennedy Town, has the perfect remedy if you can’t get into your “box”: five workouts you can do at home or outside with minimal equipment.
“The important thing here is to keep moving,” said O’Brien, who was born in Taiwan and has been doing CrossFit for eight years.
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“There are plenty of opportunities to be active, keep strong and stay creative during these stressful times. No gym? No problem. Use stuffed backpacks, laundry detergents, canned soup, broomsticks as your gym equipment.”
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O’Brien, who helps kids learn the value of fitness through a fulsome approach which includes diet, nutrition and mental well-being, said exercise is a great way to combat increased stress.
“Grab family members to work out with you. Pump up some music. Make it an event. Make this a daily non-negotiable. Work out and have that extra bounce in your steps to enjoy your day.”
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